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Roanoke City Public Schools' Community Empowerment Center is seen as the school division celebrates its one-year anniversary and the launch of the Roanoke city and Roanoke County chapters of Dolly

In elementary school in El Salvador, Monica Gomez and Jose Hernandez Morales passed handwritten notes back and forth in class, the beginning of a childhood crush that eventually turned to

Rasa Nirvana Spice and Spirit manager Ashal Adhikari, left, and co-owner Akshay Bhadte pose inside their Indian, Asian and American restaurant in downtown Roanoke with tiger prawns and Cafreal chicken tacos.

Some 200 people, many opposed to a data center locating in Franklin County, turned out Tuesday night at the county government center in Rocky Mount. Though no official plans have

The Roanoke City Democratic Committee hosted a debate Thursday night at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Roanoke for the five candidates running for three nominations in the Aug. 4 primary.

Photos and video shot at Carvins Cove Reservoir, the Western Virginia Water Authority's largest water source, on July 20, 2026.

Amanda Gilmore, left, donates school supplies for the Load the Bus kickoff at the Bonsack Walmart Supercenter on Friday. James Soltis, center, the new superintendent of Roanoke County Public Schools

The Load the Bus school supply drive kicked off Friday. Community members can make donations so students across the Roanoke Valley can be sure to start the school year with what they need.

She was 5 years old, standing with her mother and siblings in the Dominican Republic when bullets sprayed through a nearby courtyard.

She was 5 years old, standing with her mother and siblings in the Dominican Republic when bullets sprayed through a nearby courtyard.